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Elon Musk to Show Off Working Brain-Hacking Device

posted by Fnord666 on Friday August 28 2020, @09:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the presumably-not-an-axe dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Elon Musk to show off working brain-hacking device:

Elon Musk is due to demonstrate a working brain-to-machine interface as part of his ambitious plans to give people superhuman powers.

His brain-hacking company, Neuralink, applied to start human trials last year.

But Friday's demonstration will involve a robot and "neurons firing in real time", a series of tweets reveals.

The interface could allow people with neurological conditions to control phones or computers with their mind.

But the long-term ambition is to usher in an age of what Mr Musk calls "superhuman cognition".

People need to merge with artificial intelligence, he says, in part to avoid a scenario where AI becomes so powerful it destroys the human race.

[...] The device the company is developing consists of a tiny probe containing more than 3,000 electrodes attached to flexible threads thinner than a human hair, which can monitor the activity of 1,000 brain neurons.

The company has been working with monkey brains to its realize brain/computer interface.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by maxwell demon on Saturday August 29 2020, @06:22AM (1 child)

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Saturday August 29 2020, @06:22AM (#1043673) Journal

    You just think or look at something, and the answer is drawn out of your "external memory".

    And when you no longer can recognize whether it is your own memory or the external one, you'll be perfectly manipulatable. Whoever controls those devices (be it the company that made it, a government agency, or some criminal hacker group) has essentially unlimited power. Want to ruin someone's life? Well, suddenly many people “remember” him to have done bad things. Need an alibi? Well, people will ”remember” having seen you at a completely different place.

    Oh, and don't think keeping the system offline is perfect security. The system gets information from your senses through your brain. And when there is a communication path to the device, someone will find a way to exploit that.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday August 29 2020, @07:03AM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Saturday August 29 2020, @07:03AM (#1043686) Journal

    Nobody would ever make a deal with the devil a demon.

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